What if your relationship with money isn’t actually yours?

In this episode of Becoming is Messy, Meghann sits down with Mark Willis—a Certified Financial Planner™, three-time #1 bestselling author, and owner of Lake Growth Financial Services—to explore the powerful connection between money, freedom, and the stories we’ve inherited over time.

After graduating with six figures of student loan debt and witnessing the financial fallout of the 2008 crisis, Mark began questioning the conventional advice so many of us were taught to follow. That curiosity led him to a different approach—one centered on control, clarity, and long-term financial freedom.

Together, they unpack:

How our earliest experiences shape the way we think about money
The question that can shift everything: “Who taught you that?”
Why many financial beliefs go unexamined for a lifetime
The relationship between money, time, and personal freedom
The difference between saving money and designing it to work for you
How to begin thinking differently about your financial future

This conversation is an invitation to step back and examine the narratives you’ve been living by.

Because when you understand the story… you can decide whether to keep it.

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